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Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v1 #3, Fall 1977] ($1.00, 196pp, digest, cover photo) 7 · Editorial · Isaac Asimov · ed 12 · Minster West · William E. Cochrane · nv 34 · Space Pool · Martin Gardner · pz 35 · Science Fiction Convention · Isaac Asimov · pm 36 · Is Physics Finished? · Milton A. Rothman · ar 54 · When There’s No Man Around · Stephen Goldin · ss 62 · Good Taste · Isaac Asimov · ss Apocalypse Press 1976 81 · Home Team Advantage [Slugger; Julius Hawkline] · Jack C. Haldeman, II · ss 86 · In Darkness Waiting · Stephen Leigh · nv 111 · Stepping Into the Role · Steven Utley · pm 112 · Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: Twice! · Grendel Briarton · gp _112 · On Poaching · Grendel Briarton · vi _112 · On Praying · Grendel Briarton · vi 113 · Low Grav-I-Tee · Ruth Berman · pm 114 · A Many Splendored Thing · Linda Isaacs · ss 121 · Omit Flowers · Dean McLaughlin · vi 122 · No Room in the Stable · A. Bertram Chandler · ss 126 · Immigrant to Desert-World · Ruth Berman · pm 127 · Lorelei at Storyville West · Sherwood Springer · ss 148 · Joelle · Poul Anderson · nv

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v1 #4, Winter 1977] ed. George H. Scithers (Davis Publications, Inc., $1.00, 196pp, digest, cover by Frank Kelly Freas) 6 · Editorial · Isaac Asimov · ed 14 · To Sin Against Systems · Garry R. Osgood · nv; illustrated by Vincent Di Fate 48 · Machismo on Byronia · Martin Gardner · pz 49 · A Simple Outside Job · Robert Lee Hawkins · ss 54 · The Missing Item [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss; illustrated by Don R. Bensen 71 · The Black Widowers · Don R. Bensen · pm 72 · Backspace [Sam] · F. M. Busby · ss 77 · The Several Murders of Roger Ackroyd · Barry Malzberg · ss 83 · Time and Hagakure · Steven Utley · ss; illustrated by Freff 92 · On the Martian Problem · Randall Garrett · ss; illustrated by Roy G. Krenkel 99 · Q R P... · George M. Ewing · ss; illustrated by Jack Bozzi 107 · Boarder Incident · Ted Reynolds · ss; illustrated by Marc Schirmeister 112 · Ben Franklin’s Aeroplane · S. Dale · pm 114 · The SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl 115 · On Books...& a Movie · Charles N. Brown · rc 124 · Heretic in a Balloon [Marko Prokopiu] · L. Sprague de Camp · na; illustrated by Frank Kelly Freas 187 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _187 · [letter from New York, NY] · Judy-Lynn del Rey · lt _187 · [letter from Milwaukee, MI] · Allan B. Wheeler · lt _187 · [letter from Brooklyn, NY] · Linda Cavagnaro · lt _188 · [letter from W. Palm Beach, FL] · Janet B. Kinney · lt _188 · [letter from Concord, CA] · Annette Lessmann · lt _189 · [letter from Wilmington, DE] · Stephen Gross · lt _190 · [letter from Crookston, MN] · Scott Bigger · lt _190 · [letter from Edwardsville, IL] · Rick Wilber · lt

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v2 #1, Jan-Feb 1978] ($1.25, 196pp, digest, cover by Paul Alexander) 6 · Editorial · Isaac Asimov · ed 14 · The Barbie Murders [Anna-Louise Bach] · John Varley · nv 45 · The Case of the Defective Doyles · Martin Gardner · pz 46 · True Love · Isaac Asimov · ss American Way Feb 1977 50 · There Will Be a Sign · John M. Ford · ss 61 · Panic · Stanley Schmidt · ss 70 · Particle Hypothesis Camp · Lee Russell · pm 71 · Birthday Party · Keith Laumer · vi 74 · Ivory Tower Meets Middle America · Tony Rothman · ar 84 · A Mother’s Heart: A True Bear Story · Lisa Tuttle · ss 91 · A Delicate Shade of Kipney · Nancy Kress · ss 104 · They’ll Do It Every Time · Cam Thornley · vi 105 · Rejection Slip · Mark Grenier · pm 106 · African Blues · Paula Smith · ss 119 · The Thrill of Victory [Julius Hawkline] · Jack C. Haldeman, II · ss 134 · The Witches of Manhattan [Marko Prokopiu] · L. Sprague de Camp · na

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v2 #2, Mar-Apr 1978] ($1.25, 196pp, digest, cover by Jack Gaughan) 6 · Editorial: Extraordinary Voyages · Isaac Asimov · ed 22 · Grimes at Glenrowan [John Grimes] · A. Bertram Chandler · ss 42 · The Third Dr. Moreau · Martin Gardner · pz 43 · The Small Stones of Tu Fu · Brian W. Aldiss · ss 52 · A Hideous Splotch of Purple · Theresa Harned · ss 61 · Will Academe Kill Science Fiction? · Jack Williamson · ar 74 · Heal the Sick, Raise the Dead · Jesse Peel · ss 82 · Roboroots · Jay A. Parry · vi 85 · Chariot Ruts · Pamela F. Service · ss 98 · Vital Truncation · Seth S. Horowitz · pm 99 · Lost and Found · Michael A. Banks & George Wagner · ss 104 · Darkside · Gary D. McClellan · nv 131 · The Agony of Defeat [Julius Hawkline] · Jack C. Haldeman, II · ss 138 · The Far King · Richard Wilson · na

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v2 #3, #7, May-June 1978] ($1.25, 196pp, digest, cover by Vincent Di Fate) 6 · Editorial: The Name of Our Field · Isaac Asimov · ed 18 · The Last Full Measure [Stephen Weinraub] · George Alec Effinger · ss 28 · The Voyage of the Bagel · Martin Gardner · pz 29 · Pièce De Résistance · J. F. Bone · ss 37 · A Choice of Weapons · Michael Tennenbaum · vi 38 · Polly Plus · Randall Garrett · ss 53 · $tar War$ · John M. Ford · pm 54 · Wolf Tracks · Donald Gaither · pm 58 · Guilt · James Gunn · nv 80 · Star Train · Drew Mendelson · ss 88 · Born Again · Sharon N. Farber · ss 105 · Into the Cold Blackness of Type · John M. Ford · pm 105 · First Time · Jeffrey J. Haas · pm 108 · The Man Who Took the Fifth · Michael Schimmel · ss 115 · Sun Burnt · S. Dale · pm 116 · A Child of Penzance · Tony Sarowitz · nv 137 · Lipidleggin’ [LaNague Federation] · F. Paul Wilson · ss 146 · Singularity · Mildred Downey Broxon · nv

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v2 #4, #8, July-Aug. 1978] ($1.25, 196pp, digest, cover by Frank Kelly Freas) 6 · Editorial: It’s a Funny Thing · Isaac Asimov · ed 22 · Cautionary Tales · Larry Niven · ss 26 · The Great Ring of Neptune · Martin Gardner · pz 27 · Horseless Carriage · Michael A. Banks · ss 34 · Frank Kelly Freas · Ginger Kaderabek · bg 41 · Message to Myself · Diana L. Paxson · ss 45 · Public Relations · Ginger Kaderabek · ss 54 · Dance Band on the Titanic · Jack L. Chalker · nv 76 · And One for My Friend Here, Please · John M. Ford · pm 77 · On the Way · Conway Conley · ss 84 · But Do They Ride Dolphins? · Frederick S. Lord, Jr. · ss 98 · When We Come Down · Stephen Leigh · nv 131 · In Re Literati · John M. Ford · pm 132 · Fragger’s Bottom Line...Line...Line... · Sherwood Springer · nv 156 · One Rejection Too Many · Patricia Nurse · ss 160 · The Suicide of Man · John Brunner · nv 192 · Leigh Brackett Hamilton: A Memoir · Randall Garrett · ob

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v2 #5, #9, Sep.-Oct. 1978] ($1.25, 196pp, digest, cover by Michael Whelan) 6 · Editorial: By No Means Vulgar · Isaac Asimov · ed 22 · Softly Touch the Stranger’s Mind · E. Amalia Andujar · ss 29 · The Toroids of Dr. Klonefake · Martin Gardner · pz 30 · Michael Whelan · Ginger Kaderabek · bg 34 · The Bitter End [Lord Darcy] · Randall Garrett · nv 71 · On Theories & Experiments · Milton A. Rothman · ar 78 · An Eye for Detail · Jesse Peel · ss 89 · Bat Durston, Space Marshal · G. Richard Bozarth · ss 96 · Thirty Love · Jack C. Haldeman, II · ss 101 · El Ropo Tarkas · Randall Garrett · pm 102 · The Victor Hours · Ted Reynolds · ss 119 · Errata Slip · Edward Wellen · ss 123 · Inevitability Sphere · Jeff Duntemann · ss 131 · Rebuttal to $tar War$ · T’Pat · pm 132 · The Adventure of the Global Traveler or: The Global Consequences of How the Reichenbach Falls Into the Wells of Iniquitie · Anne Lear · ss 142 · On Man’s Rôle in the Galaxy · R. N. Bracewell · ar 149 · Scrap from the Notebooks of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · K. W. MacAnn · vi 150 · Seasoning [Medea] · Hal Clement · nv

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v2 #6, #10, Nov.-Dec. 1978] ($1.25, 196pp, digest, cover by George Barr) 6 · Editorial: The Reluctant Critic · Isaac Asimov · ed 22 · The Tryouts [Momus] · Barry B. Longyear · ss 38 · The Enumerators · E. E. Roberts · vi 40 · The Postage Stamps of Philo Tate · Martin Gardner · pz 42 · George Barr · Ginger Kaderabek · bg 50 · The First Star · J. P. Boyd · ss 65 · As Chemist to Chemist · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1970, as “A Problem of Numbers” 70 · The Man with the Eye · Phyllis Eisenstein · ss 88 · On the Q167 File · John M. Ford · vi 91 · Early Morning Pick-Me-Up · John M. Ford · pm 92 · The Last Master of Limericks · Garry R. Osgood · ss 109 · Errata Slip Nubmer Two · Edward Wellen · ss 113 · Same Old Story · Mark Grenier · pm 113 · Fishful Thinking · Mark Grenier · pm 114 · One More Time · Jack Gaughan · ss 128 · Malice in Wonderland · Glen M. Bever · ss 135 · Out of Quarantine · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · vi 138 · By the Hours in a Day · Kerstin Lange · ss 142 · A Growing Concern · Arnie Bateman · vi 144 · Farside Station [Medea] · Jack Williamson · nv

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v3 #1, #11, January 1979] ($1.25, 196pp, digest, cover by Vincent Di Fate) 6 · Editorial: The Hugo · Isaac Asimov · ed 24 · The Second Law [Momus] · Barry B. Longyear · nv 55 · Exploring Carter’s Crater · Martin Gardner · pz 57 · Vincent Di Fate · Ginger Kaderabek · bg 64 · On the Road to Science Fiction: From Wells to Heinlein · James Gunn · ar; introduction to The Road to Science Fiction #2, Mentor 1979. 82 · In the Country of the Blind, No One Can See · Melisa Michaels · ss 100 · The Last Gothic · Jon L. Breen · ss 109 · The Castaways · Jeanne Dillard · vi 112 · Garbage [Dan Tockson] · Ron Goulart · ss 128 · Ker-Plop · Ted Reynolds · na

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v3 #2, #12, February 1979] ed. George H. Scithers (Davis Publications, Inc., $1.25, 196pp, digest, cover by Jack Gaughan) 6 · Editorial: Quite Personal · Isaac Asimov · ed 12 · On Records · Karl M. Olsen · ar 22 · To Fill the Sea and Air [LaNague Federation] · F. Paul Wilson · ss; illustrated by Jack Gaughan 40 · Captain Tittlebaum’s Test · Martin Gardner · pz 43 · In the Cellar · Larry Niven · vi Groggily #10 1971; published in APA-L #331, 9/16/71.; illustrated by Jack Gaughan 46 · The SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl 47 · Ad Astra, Al · Mary W. Stanton · pm; illustrated by Phil Foglio 48 · Back to Byzantium · Mark J. McGarry · ss; illustrated by Karl Kofoed 66 · Up-Top Summer · Leah Palmer · ss; illustrated by Jack Gaughan 73 · On Kepler, Newton, & Company · George O. Smith · ar 99 · On the Benefits of Programming · Steven M. Tymon · vi 102 · Proud Rider [Momus] · Barry B. Longyear · nv; illustrated by Jack Gaughan 128 · Fit the Crime · Noah Ward · ss; illustrated by George Barr 136 · Nothing for Nothing · Isaac Asimov · ss; illustrated by Jack Gaughan 147 · Zugg’s Fall · Frederick Longbeard · vi 148 · Outside · Keith Davis · vi 149 · Rebuttal to Rebuttal to $tar War$ · Shaw Vinist · pm 150 · A Bait of Dreams [Gleia] · Jo Clayton · nv; illustrated by Karl Kofoed 182 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _182 · [letter from Brick Town, NJ] · Karen Adler · lt _182 · [letter from Bisbee, AZ] · Gus Gauba · lt _183 · [letter from Derby Line, VT] · Richard D. Wright · lt _183 · [letter from Vincent, OH] · Dean R. Lambe · lt _184 · [letter from Houston, TX] · Katherine N. Peterson · lt _185 · [letter from Paris, France] · Maria de Carlo · lt _185 · [letter from Salem, OH] · Jon Ziegler · lt _186 · [letter] · (Miss) Anna Marie Robinson · lt _186 · [letter from Novato, CA] · Judy Anderson · lt _187 · [letter from Towanda, KS] · Bradley Denton · lt _188 · [letter from Sterling Heights, MI] · Jerry Witt · lt _188 · [letter from Swift Current, Saskatchewan] · Julian A. Smith · lt _189 · [letter from Atlanta, GA] · Stephen Fleming · lt

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v3 #3, #13, March 1979] ($1.25, 196pp, digest, cover by Alex Schomburg) 6 · Editorial: Hints · Isaac Asimov · ed 22 · A Time for Terror · Frederick Longbeard · nv 47 · Pink, Blue, and Green · Martin Gardner · pz 49 · Dueling Clowns [Momus] · Barry B. Longyear · ss 55 · Tank · Francis E. Izzo · ss 61 · Mass Me Another Question · Alan J. Warren · vi 62 · Someone Else’s House · Lee Chisholm · nv 80 · Ahead of the Joneses · Al Sarrantonio · ss 83 · Djinn & Duckworth [Emmett Duckworth] · Larry Eisenberg · ss 95 · The Secret · Henry L. Lazarus & Darrell Schweitzer · vi 96 · Simulacrum · David J. Hand · vi 100 · On the Road to Science Fiction: From Heinlein to Here · James Gunn · ar; introduction to The Road to Science Fiction #3, Mentor 1979. 122 · Mars Masked [H. Hornswell Hake] · Frederik Pohl · na 181 · Swift Completion · Brad Calhoon · pm

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v3 #4, #14, April 1979] ($1.25, 196pp, digest, cover by Jack Gaughan) 6 · Editorial: The Articles of SF · Isaac Asimov · ed 20 · Heat Wave · D. C. Poyer · ss 40 · The Three Robots of Professor Tinker · Martin Gardner · pz 41 · The Origins of the Material World · Peter Payack · pm 43 · Jack Gaughan · Ginger Kaderabek · bg 52 · Double in Brass · John M. Ford · nv 78 · Twisting the Unicorn’s Tale · Robert Karl Bohm · ss 84 · This Isn’t the Way We Did It in Rehearsal · Eric Loranger · vi 86 · Places to Crawl Through · Margaret St. Clair · ss 94 · Point of View [Multivac] · Isaac Asimov · vi Boys’ Life Jul 1975 98 · The Fall of the Eisenstein · Lowell A. Bangerter · vi 100 · On Tabletop Universes · John M. Ford · ar 112 · The Napoli Express [Lord Darcy] · Randall Garrett · na 179 · Wide Open Spaces · Peter Payack · pm

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v3 #5, #15, May 1979] ed. George H. Scithers (Davis Publications, Inc., $1.25, 196pp, digest) fc. · The Quest · Jack Gaughan · cv 6 · Editorial: Hollywood & I · Isaac Asimov · ed 13 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc _14 · Land of Unreason, by L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt; Dell, $1.75 · Baird Searles · br _15 · The Last Unicorn, by Peter Beagle; Gregg Press, $10.00 · Baird Searles · br _15 · Too Many Magicians, by Randall Garrett; Gregg Press, $12.50 · Baird Searles · br _15 · I Will Fear No Evil, by Robert A. Heinlein; Gregg Press, $15.00 · Baird Searles · br _15 · The Change War, by Fritz Leiber; Gregg Press, $15.00 · Baird Searles · br _15 · The Science Fiction Stories of Walter M. Miller, Jr., by Walter M. Miller, Jr.; Gregg Press, $15.00 · Baird Searles · br _16 · The Man Who Fell to Earth, by Walter Tevis; Gregg Press, $10.00 · Baird Searles · br _16 · Lords of the Starship, by Mark S. Geston; Gregg Press, $9.50 · Baird Searles · br _16 · The Trigan Empire, by Don Lawrence; Hamlyn House, $8.95 · Baird Searles · br _17 · Galactic Empires 1, by Brian Aldiss; Avon, $2.25 · Baird Searles · br _17 · Galactic Empires 2, by Brian Aldiss; Avon, $2.25 · Baird Searles · br _17 · The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien; Ballantine, $2.95 · Baird Searles · br 19 · The SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl 20 · Against a Crooked Stile · Nancy Kress · nv; illustrated by Karl B. Kofoed 42 · How Bagson Bagged a Board Game · Martin Gardner · pz 44 · Through These Portals Dead · Gary Hood · vi 46 · Rainy Monsoon · A. Grimm Richardson · pm; illustrated by George Barr 47 · L’Envoi · John M. Ford · vi 49 · Small Talent · Steve Perry · ss; illustrated by Jack Gaughan 64 · Sanctuary · Jayge Carr · ss; illustrated by George Barr 75 · Slush · K. J. Snow · ss; illustrated by Alex Schomburg 82 · Prime Crime · Milton Rothman · nv; illustrated by Freff 106 · Mermaid’s Knell · Anne Lear · nv; illustrated by Frank Borth 133 · The Pinch-Hitters [Sandor Courane] · George Alec Effinger · ss; illustrated by Vincent Di Fate 143 · There Are No Wars Words in the Language · Anjala E. A. Ehelebe · vi 144 · The Dead of Winter · Kevin O’Donnell, Jr. · ss; illustrated by Linda Miller 153 · Computer Song · Julie Flores · pm 154 · The Quest [Momus] · Barry B. Longyear · nv; illustrated by Jack Gaughan 184 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _184 · [letter from Chula Vista, CA] · Gene Clarke · lt _185 · [letter from Tacoma, WA] · Paul J. Hawkins · lt _185 · [letter from Salt Lake City, UT] · Kerry D. Bishop · lt _186 · [letter from Sanford, FL] · Joseph E. May, Jr. · lt _187 · [letter from Martinsville, NJ] · Thomas M. Miller · lt _188 · [letter from Columbia, MD] · Teresa McCullough · lt _188 · [letter from Oneonta, NY] · David Cederstrom · lt _190 · [letter from York, PA] · Carl W. Huber, Jr. · lt _190 · [letter from Hooker, OK] · Gene Mires · lt _190 · [letter from East Lansing, MI] · Michael D. Toman · lt